{"id":500474,"date":"2026-06-15T09:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/500474\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T09:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:05:10","slug":"echo-boys-call-rings-out-across-cork-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/500474\/","title":{"rendered":"Echo boys’ call rings out across Cork again"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sounds of Cork\u2019s past echoed across Leeside as former Echo boys returned to the streets in a flash mob celebrating the legacy of the Evening Echo.<\/p>\n

The event, organised by Stanley Notte Creations, aimed to highlight the cultural significance of the newspaper and the role its daily sellers played in the fabric of Cork life and community.<\/p>\n

With up to a dozen volunteers stationed across four bridges in Cork city, the newly indoctrinated Echo boys and girls were seen calling out to crowds before distributing 500 copies of Stanley Notte Creations\u2019 satirical newsletter, The Cork Exclaimer.<\/p>\n

The humorous publication featured the headline, \u2018Lord Mayor Says, \u2018An Echo Tribute Day Should Have Occurred Yonks Ago, Like!\u2019, with an article about the excitement around the event and the history of the Evening Echo.<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Echo of the modern day, Stanley Notte said his decision to organise the event stemmed from a desire to share a fond memory of Cork\u2019s past with younger generations.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy entire business is about celebrating Cork \u2014 its culture, its humour, and its history,\u201d said Stanley.<\/p>\n

“I miss the Echo boys, and I think a lot of other people miss them too.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know it’s a thing of the past, and it’s highly unlikely they would ever come back, but I was thinking about doing an event to honour and celebrate Cork, and that was one that came into my head.”<\/p>\n

\"TeddyTeddy Twohig, Stanley Notte, Maria Gillen, Catherine Ronan, and Len O\u2019Donovan during the flash mob in Cork. Picture: Chani Anderson<\/p>\n

Stanley said the Echo boys had been part of Cork culture for a long time and the flash mob was about honouring this history.<\/p>\n

\u201c[We had] people positioned across the Christy Ring Bridge, St Patrick\u2019s Bridge, Shandon Bridge, and the Northgate Bridge \u2014 wearing one of my company T-shirts, shouting \u2018 Echo, Evening Echo\u2019, and handing out newspapers to people passing in cars like they used to in the old days.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to do something that reminds people of Cork\u2019s past \u2014 something we enjoyed, which in this case, was the Evening Echo being on sale at 3pm \u2014 you couldn\u2019t get it before then back in the day.<\/p>\n

\u201c The Echo is a huge part of our culture, and remains a huge part of our culture,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you mention The Echo to almost anybody in Cork, they\u2019d be able to talk about stories breaking on it or waiting for their dad to buy it so they could read it\u00a0\u2014 I just think remembering things we enjoyed when we were young is important.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also important to remind the younger generations of the way things used to be \u2014 it reminds us of what our community used to be like, and still is, but in different ways.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"TheThe \u2018Cork Exclaimer\u2019\u00a0 publication was distributed marking the legacy of the ‘Evening Echo’ newsboys and the 134th anniversary of the newspaper\u2019s first publication in Cork. Picture: Chani Anderson<\/p>\n

Stanley said the idea for The Cork Exclaimer newsletter was born out of a previous function he held, where the title was used on invitations. It stuck with him as a creative idea to explore for future events.<\/p>\n

\u201cA friend of mine came up with it about 15 years ago. I said to him at the time that it was brilliant, and that I was going to use it at some stage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it was a lovely play on the former Cork Examiner, and while obviously this [event] was about the Evening Echo, I felt it seemed to fit \u2014 entwining the two titles to some degree.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sounds of Cork\u2019s past echoed across Leeside as former Echo boys returned to the streets in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[169823,79,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-500474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-echo-instagram","tag-cork-news","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}